We’re keeping a close eye on the approaching remnants of Hurricane Laura.
On Saturday, we should expect showers and thunderstorms in our area. A few of those could contain tornadoes.
Prince William
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A historic African-American church still hopes to rebuild after an arson in 2012.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, located at 15008 Lee Highway in Gainesville was the scene of arson in 2012. Parishioners watched helplessly as the church was nearly reduced to ashes.
Prince William County seeks more volunteers to work the polls on November 3, 2020, for the Presidential General Election.
From Prince William County:
Residents at an apartment complex in Triangle reported hearing gunshots, and that led the arrests of three men who police said had plenty of weapons in their car.
From Prince William police:
Voters in Prince William County will have eight places to cast their votes early.
To handle the expected crush of voters, starting Monday, October 19, eight satellite voter offices located across the county will be open for residents to cast their “absentee in-person” votes for the Nov 3, 2020 election:
At the end of this month, the Prince William County Board of Library Trustees will be no more.
The Board of County Supervisors voted to replace the trustees with a new, all-volunteer advisory board, which will report to the supervisors on library matters, participate in the hiring of a new library director if the position is vacant, as well as make policies governing the library.
Freedom Bank, based in Fairfax County, will open a new branch in the Balls Ford Road corridor in Prince William County, near Gainesville.
From a press release:
Hurricane Laura is now bringing damaging winds and floods through central and northern Louisiana.
Meanwhile, the Gulf Coast is still experiencing high water levels.
Tropical Storm Laura is expected to reach hurricane status as it makes landfall in the Gulf Coast tonight. Extreme winds and flash flooding along the Northwest Gulf Coast are expected, as well as a catastrophic storm surge.
Laura’s trajectory will send it northeast from Texas and Louisiana.
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6:20 p.m.
The man that prompted the barricade is in police custody.